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CSI NY rerun

IrishTracy Posted:

CSI NY rerun

FYI-for anyone who was watching on Wed night & didn't see the ending (Thank-You CBS news for not waiting 5 min to tell us that Arafat was dead) They are re-showing it right now!

Aga Posted:

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can someone tell me why the husband murdered these people, I missed the rerun
tracyg Posted:

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I was sooooo pissed when they interrupted it! They couldn't wait 3 minutes??

it was because she was going to Albany with the kids to get away from the brother. So I guess that meant she was leaving the boyfriend too. (??) is that right?
IrishTracy Posted:

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That's what I got out of it.

Did you see this?
CBS News Fires Producer Over Arafat Special Report
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 13) - CBS News has fired the producer responsible for interrupting the last five minutes of a hit crime drama with a special report on the death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a network source said on Friday.

Word of the dismissal came a day after CBS apologized to viewers for breaking into 'CSI: NY,' one of its top-rated shows, on Wednesday night.

'An overly aggressive CBS News producer jumped the gun with a report that should have been offered to local stations for their late news. We sincerely regret the error,' the network said in a statement on Thursday.

The network, owned by Viacom Inc., declined comment on a report of the dismissal posted on the Web site of trade publication Broadcasting & Cable.

But a network source told Reuters that CBS fired the producer who decided to break into 'CSI' with a report from 'Up to the Minute' anchor Melissa McDermott.

According to the source, the producer failed to follow standard procedures that require a senior CBS News executive to be consulted before interrupting regular programming.

The fact Arafat already had been reported near death for several days also figured in the network's decision.

The source said the producer disregarded explicit, advance instructions that breaking news of Arafat's death -- if it occurred during prime time -- was to be reported with a news 'crawl' at the bottom of the screen.

'Arafat had been literally on his deathbed for a week. Everyone knew he was going to die. It was just a matter of when,' the source said.

Neither of CBS' two biggest rivals -- NBC or ABC -- interrupted regular programming to report Arafat's death.

NBC said it ran a crawl for affiliates in the Western states and Rockies, while leaving the story for local news in eastern and central time zones. ABC said it ran a crawl on the West Coast.

CBS News has been under intense scrutiny since veteran anchor Dan Rather ran a controversial report on President Bush's military record based on documents whose authenticity came under fire.


11-13-04 07:25 EST

Aga Posted:

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I guess I was not the only one pissed off that they interrupted the show with news that everyone expected

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